Current Student at LC Here to Help!

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<p>Hello! I'm currently going into my second year at Fordham Lincoln Center, and I figure I'd post on this board to answer any questions/concerns incoming students might have about FCLC! Everything at Lincoln Center is very different than Rose Hill, so if you had previously had some answers given to you by someone from RH they might be a little bit different than what you get at LC, so I figure I'd come in and give a little bit of the Manhattan campus perspective.</p>

<p>I'm currently a Communications and Media Studies major, with a concentration in Electronic Media, and thinking about pursuing a double major in Urban Studies. I'm a resident of the dorm, did Urban Plunge last summer (and loved it!), am involved in the United Student Government (USG) as a senator, just got back from a Global Outreach trip to the West, and am going to be one of your Orientation Leaders welcoming you to Fordham during welcome week so feel free to ask any and all questions you may have about FCLC as you come closer to actually starting school here in the fall!</p>

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<p>iIs it hard to double major? I want to major in communications and psychology and I find it hard to believe I would graduate on the with that type of a schedule…</p>

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<p>You have to plan it out from the begining. The summer before my freshman year I outlined every course I would need and because I planned well and took core courses that could also work towards my majors (and AP classes), it is completely possible. In fact, I’m double majoring with a minor, and if I end up going abroad next summer there might be an opportunity to triple major. The trick is really just excellent and comprehensive organization.
The core curriculum is very large, and if you don’t come in with AP’s/ don’t figure out how to use it to your advantage it would make it very difficult to double major so just start planning now.</p>

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<p>I would like to know what the social life at LC is like? Everyone says there are a lot of commuters, so it’s kind of quiet. I plan on living on campus, if I choose Fordham. I’m not a social butterfly, or a party-girl by any means, but I would like to make some friends. I would LOVE to go to school in the City, and LC seems like the perfect remedy for me (since I probably wouldn’t get accepted into NYU), but this is the one thing that is holding me back. Thanks.</p>

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<p>I haven’t been to the LC campus yet…and I get mixed reviews on it. The NYU kids tell me they have a lot of friends at Fordham and that they are very social. Some ppl say it is quiet because of the commuter population. What I can tell u is that I lived in nyc my whole life and u will defiitely make friends. Manhattan has over a million and a half ppl living on that island as long as u are willing to make friends and attempt to go out and socialize ull be fine. There’s tons of nightlife…its literally the city that never sleeps ppl are awake all hours of the night and things are always open. Most kids in manhattan party by going out to bars and clubs but even if ur not into that there’s museums, shops, live bands all the time, music venues, restaurants, tourist attractions, etc.
Befriend ur roomates don’t be shy and go out with them get to know the wonderful city you’ll find tons of ppl. You seem shy but break out of ur comfort zone start a conversation with someone in class and like I said really get to know ur roomates ull be living with them all year and if ur shy hopefully they can introduce u to a lot of people. I would reccomend getting a 3 bedroom apartment so u can get to know as many ppl at once and network ur way around. I think ull have fun. Definiteley apply and write a killer essay don’t forget good reccomendations. Hope that helps :)</p>

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<p>the social life at fclc is by no means quiet. you live in a room with 5-8 other roommates, on a floor with about 57 students, in ONE BUILDING with about a thousand kids. that’s a lot of people in a very small space. so you’re apt to make friends.
the stereotype about fordham lc is that you have to seek out in order to get what you want, and that’s definitely true. you have to search out the people you want to be friends with. but with that said, there’s definitely a lot of ways to meet people, especially within the first month of school.
befriend your roommates and suitemates. even if you guys don’t end up being best friends, it’s nice to be able to come home to a room that isn’t full of hostility.
during orientation, don’t be shy! talk to everyone, introduce yourself. everyone is in the same boat- new place, don’t know anyone, so don’t worry about judgements and just meet people! everyone is very open to making friends during the first week or so, so definitely take advantage of that.
going off of that, in the first week/month/semester, spend as much time out of your room as possible. what i mean by that is take advantage of every opportunity you have to go to events, programs, gatherings, the study lounge, the laundry room, the plaza, the cafeteria, wherever! the more you’re out and about, the more likely you are to strike up a conversation with someone you’ve seen around and make a few friends. it may seem intimidating at first, but it’s definitely the way to do it. i was barely in my suite first semester because i went to almost every program they put on at school, and i met tons of awesome friends that i wouldn’t have met otherwise through those little events and gatherings clubs and oslcd puts on.
going off of that, the study lounge is really a place to get to know people, especially if you go to the “freshman” study lounge on 5. i bonded with so many of my classmates this year over the readings we were forced to do the night before at 2 in the morning together in that study lounge.
JOIN. A. CLUB. get involved! we have sooo many clubs, and a club day very early in the semester so you’re able to see what we have to offer and join up super quick. you meet people with similar interests, and are able to get involved in the fordham community (and more likely than not, give back as well, since we have tons of community service and social justice organizations, which are always fun to do). i joined USG the second week of school, and it was the best thing i could ever have done. i met soo many people, through the club and campaigning for senator, and the people in student government are some of my closest friends. it really does pay off to get involved.
also, don’t worry about not being a “party girl”. it may feel at first like everyone else is going out every night and getting trashed, but just remember that in the end, you’re the one that is getting the most out of your education by valuing everything fordham has to offer, not just it’s location to this second’s hottest 18 plus club.
another thing that is really fun to do is, once you have a few potential friends phone numbers and are able to text them, find some awesome things going on in the city that they might not know about (by searching time out new york, village voice, etc) rally a few of them together, and have a fun time exploring whether this “awesome” thing you found really is cool, or a complete bust. it’s so much fun exploring the city and seeing every different thing that’s out there, especially with new friends!
the thing about college is that everyone finds a friend. i’m not calling you this person, but remember that girl/guy that was always alone at lunch? at college, even that person is able to make a connection with someone else. so i’m sure you will too. :)</p>

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<p>First off, thanks so much for doing this! I will be entering Fordham LC in Sept as a freshman commuter and I have so many unanswered questions >.< Please see if you can help me.</p>

<p>After freshman year, if my GPA is high and stays that way, are there high chances of me getting increased scholarship for the sophomore year onwards?</p>

<p>How much freedom do freshmen get in selecting their classes for that first year and how much of the core is taken freshman year? What classes are taken that are not considered the core for this first year? In other words, which classes taken during your freshman year are not part of the core?</p>

<p>I am also planning to major in Comm and Media :slight_smile: What have you found about the program to be good and bad?</p>

<p>Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>It’s not like high school where you have set courses to take. You can take any classes you want (except the EP course you already selected). They encourage you to start your language and take mostly core classes so you finish it during freshman and sophomore year. If you plan to have more than one major, however, it is easier to take at least one of those courses each semester so you have time for everything (most major classes are 4 credits where core ones are 3 so it helps you stay within the alloted credits). In other words, the school doesnt require courses to be taken at a certain time, only recommends that they are.
That said, most non dance/ theater students take their EP, a language, philosophy or theology, math, english in the first semester. </p>

<p>It’s technically possible to get a larger scholarship after freshman year but I didn’t hear of anyone who did.</p>

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<p>going off of NYC2013 (who ARE you, btw? haha) it’s typically encouraged that your first semester you take your EP seminar (which you chose before registration), your language course, your math course, another core (i recommend faith and critical reason or philosophy) and the intro to your major.</p>

<p>however, i did it wrong freshman year and managed to knock out a buttload of the core by not taking any major classes either semester, so i guess you could do it that way too and then have more time later in your fordham life to take major classes sooner.</p>

<p>one thing that’s really helpful in deciding what classes to take is to get to know the core (found on the fordham website) and by utilizing degree works found on the student tab of my.fordham. i use that thing religiously to figure out what i need to take and when it’s offered.</p>

<p>as for comm and media classes, i haven’t had the pleasure of taking any yet, but every comm major i know loves it. i declared, and my media advisor is wonderful so i’m very excited to get started this semester with my 3 media classes. what concentration are you planning on going into? journalism is very popular, but all of our classes and concentrations seem wonderful.</p>

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<p>Be careful with the degree works… it still has me on the wrong core! haha</p>

<p>I started the other current student thread a couple months ago, we probably do know each other since LC is so small though!</p>

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<p>thanks so much for your help ramfan and nyc2013. i will look into degree works asap. </p>

<p>as for my potential communications major i am actually not sure what my concentration will be. i understand what the 5 concentrations are but i am unsure of where what i want to do will fit in. i am looking towards magazine journalism more than, say, news writing. would magazine journalism fit under journalism or another concentration? also, is there a campus magazine? i know that there is a newspaper…</p>

<p>thanks! :)</p>

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<p>magazine journalism would fit under journalism. my roommate took a class for writing for magazines, so i know some of it exists. and no, there is no magazine, but you can for sure try and get one going!</p>